UK Schools
St Matthew's RC High School
St Matthew's RC High School is a mixed secondary academy in Manchester, Manchester City Council, teaching 1,327 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 37.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Matthew's RC High School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Matthew's RC High School.
- 1 Teacher Training Day
- 2 Autumn Term starts
- 20–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Spring Term starts
- 6 INSET Day
- 13 MANCEP (Teacher Training Day)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 Spring Term resumes
- 3–17 Easter Holiday
- 20 Summer Term starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 22 Last Day of Term
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Teacher Training Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term starts Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 20–31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 – Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term starts Jan 5, 2026 Term
- INSET Day Feb 6, 2026 Inset Day
- MANCEP (Teacher Training Day) Feb 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16–20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term resumes Feb 23, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Apr 3–17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term starts Apr 20, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25–29, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Term Jul 22, 2026 Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Matthew's RC High School with Manchester City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 37.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Manchester City Council England
Attendance 16.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Manchester City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 84% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Manchester City Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Matthew's RC High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Matthew's RC High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.